Flour sifter



B. CMEYLA.

FLouR SIETER. V APPLICATION FILED FEB- 24| 92h Ll Jb?? Patentd ay 2% w22,

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To tilt. ifi/7mm if; may concern: 1

lie it known that l', Bomann '(livinriin, a citizen ot the `United States, residing at liewaunee, in the county ot lewaunee and tritato ot ldfisconsin, have invented anew `clniracter comprising` a cylindrical sitting member having a radially disposed handle spaced trom its ends and a rotatable sitting,r element disposed in the cylindrical. member and to provide receptacles adapted to receive the ends ot the cylindrical sitter, said receptacle beine' provided with handle members semi-circular in cross section and adapted to engage opposites ot the handle member ot the sitter. lt has been tound that where material .is to be sitted several. times, tor instance `where baking; powder and tlour are required to be sittod three or tour times in preparation tor making calre or biscuits, the common practice is to sitt the material into a` howl, atter which the material in the bowl has to be replaced in 'the sitter and the op eration repeated. providing the receptacles on the ends ot the sitter, the material may be sitted into one receptacle, and ythe sitter moved out ot the ends ot both receptacles and reversed, thereby allowing` the niaterial to be easily and quickly resitted. into the other receptacle when. the device as a whole is moved end tor end, said receptacles also torminp,l coolrinp,- utensils which may be used indeluendently ot the sitter.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement ot parts as hereinatter set torth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it beingV understood that changes in the precise embodiment ot the invention may he made within the scope ot what is chiimed without departing trom the spirit ot the invention.

lin the drawings Fig'nre 1 is a side elevation ot the sitter showing the receptacles in position thereon and partly showing the sitter and one ci" the receptacles in section to better illustrate the structure.

Figure 2 is a top plan View ot one ot the receptacles Specification of Ltettcrs Ira/tent.

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Figure is an end view ot the sitter handle and the handles ot the receptacles, showing"4 said receptacle handle in engagzg'ement with the sitter handle.

iteterring` to the drawings, the numeral l designates a cylindrically shaped sitter, the ends ot `which are openand 2 the handle crnfried by said sitter, said handle being,- cylindrically shaped and `radially disposed. Rotatably mounted in the handle 2 is a shatt 8 which shatt is provided with an agitating element si, which is rotated when the shatt 3 is rotated tor torcinp; and sitting),` material through the screen 5. The ends (i and 7 ot the sitter are disposed in cylindrical receptacles S and 9, said receptacles adjacent their open en( s being provided with handle members 10 and 11 which are semi-circular in cross section and receive the opposite sides ot the sitter handle 2, thereby forming a single handle tor maintaining the receptacles against `displacement during' a sitting,` operation when the crank 12 is rotated. The device as a whole is prcterably made ot aluminum and by the particular construction the receptacles 8 and 9 may be utilized as cookinp; utensils as well as in connection with the sitter.

`When it is desired to sitt material, the material-is placed in one ot the receptacles and then the end 2' ot the sitter is placed in said receptacle atter which the other receptacle is placed on the end 6 ot the sitter and the device turned upside down to the position shown in Figure 1, atter which the sitting operation may be accomplished and the material worked through the sieve 5 into the receptacle 8. When the sitting1 operation is to be repeated the receptacles are separated, the sitter turned end tor end and disposed in the receptacles then the device as a whole turned upside down and then the second sitting' operation may be accomplished. The above operation beingrepeated as is necessary that the material be sitted. It so desired, graduations 13 may be placed on the receptacles whereby the materiall may be measured, said graduations may be in pints or in pounds.

The invention having been set torth what is claimed as new and usetul is 1. The combination with a sieve having a sitting` and agitating element and a radially disposed handle spaced trom the ends thereot, ot receptacles telescopically engaging` the ends ot said sieve, said receptacles adjacent their open ends being provided. With handle members radially disposed and adapted to engage the handle member of the sieve.

2. A sifting device comprising a cylindrical member having a sifting element and a radially disposed cylindrical handle, said handle having means passing therethrough for operating the sifting element, receptacles telescopically engaging the ends of the cylin* drical member7 said receptacles adjacent their open ends and being provided With radially disposed handle members semi-circular in transverse cross section and adapted to receive the opposite sides of the cylindrical handle of the cylindrical member of the sitter.

3. The combination with a sifter comprising a cylindrical member having both ends open, ahandle member radially disposed on said cylindrical member and spaced from its ends, a sifting element disposed within the cylindrical member, of removable receptacles telescopically engaging the ends of the cylindrical. member7 said receptacles having their adjacent sides provided. with handle members disposed. adjacent the handle membei' of the cylindrical member and p0sitioned Where all of the handle members may be grasped by one hand of the operator.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this speciiieation in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BOZENA CMEYLA.

Witnesses HELEN MARCK, J. G. VVALECKA. 

